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- (chiefly US) A difficult, abstract problem that worsens as one attempts to handle it; a sticky situation, especially one where attempts to make it better only make it worse.
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (chiefly US) A difficult, abstract problem that worsens as one attempts to handle it; a sticky situation, especially one where attempts to make it better only make it worse.
- (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person.
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